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Folktales: Scottish Faeries and ‘othering’

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Hannah

I’ve written in my previous post about the Cat Fae element of Avery’s character in my book, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle. For those of you who don’t know, one of Avery’s secrets is that she is a Cat Fae. … Continue reading →

Posted in Countryside, Making changes | Tagged adventure, Alan Garner, Alderley Edge, Anglo Saxons, Aos Sidhe, archaeology, arnmach, author, Avery Buckle, barrows, Bronze Age, burial sites, Bury, cat fae, Celts, cheshire, children's books, Cornwall, Dartmoor, devon, Donald Trump, Dumnonii, faery mounds, farmers, folklore, gaelic, Ghilli Dhu, Hannah Foley, hunter-gatherers, kelpies, lake of menteith, Laughter Tor, legend, magic, Mexicans, middle grade fiction, Muslims, myths, othering, People of the Mounds, scotland, Sleeping Hero, Somerset, Stogurcey, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, The Story Behind A Book, Thorverton, Wales, writer | Comments Off

August

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Hannah

It is already the 12th of August – where is time going? Before the month flies past I dip into my seasonal reading again. Stephen Moss, in his book Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, describes August as “the height of summer: … Continue reading →

Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife | Tagged ancestors, animal cruelty, august, bull baiting, cheshire, chimney sweeps, cock fighting, congleton, congleton bells, countryside, harvest, hlafmaesse, house in the woods, illustration, lammas, natural history, seasonal, sparrow mumbling, Stephen Moss, steve roud, the english year, traditions, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, wildlife | Comments Off

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